Cartoonist / Illustrator
MY PERSONAL CARTOONS
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I'm Zara M. the creative genius/introvert drawing to stay sane.
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​I started out drawing how I felt about being diagnosed with a mental health disorder, but have since evolved into drawing how I feel about ... all the things.
I like to think that living with a mental health disorder gives me a unique perspective, but mostly my cartoons allow me to scream into the void! While I can't go round ranting IRL, my cartoon self can.​
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They've become a kind of creative and cathartic form of self-therapy, but also give me a voice to share my thoughts, feelings and experiences, and spread awareness about what it's like to live with a mental health disorder.
My cartoons also comment on what it's like to be a human being living in the world today, and I hope there is something that everyone and anyone can relate to in my work.
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You can explore my blog to enjoy all of my personal cartoons, or subscribe to my free Substack newsletter in the footer to get new cartoons and updates in your inbox!
MY ILLUSTRATION WORK
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I enjoy mixing contrasting artistic and expressive elements together to create my unique style of illustration.
This means you'll find the simple line art and text elements from cartoons combined with more sketchy and sometimes realistic painterly elements.
I also like to edit my own photography and incorporate this into my work, as well as play with colour and black and white elements within individual pieces of work.
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For me, my style expresses my enjoyment of slipping in-between the realms of reality and imagination.​​​​​​​​​​​